Frontal Lobe
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Gyrus
Central Sulcus
Cerebral Cortex
Sylvian or Lateral Fissure

Central Sulcus

This distinctive landmark in the brain's cerebral cortex is a fissure separating the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe. It was originally called the Fissure of Roland, after Luigi Roland, the 18th century Italian professor, who devoted his life studying the brain's anatomy

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